• garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Only need 500 (out of 40mil) + one MP sign off for the government to legally have to respond in Canada. They don’t have to say yes but they have to officially acknowledge you at least. I was pretty surprised by how low that threshold is.

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        4 months ago

        I read that as the governments response was no. Not that they didn’t respond.

        The government in the UK will respond if 10,000 signatures and will debate in parliament if 100,000 signatures.

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      4 months ago

      why are you including infants amd people without the right to vote in your figure?

      there’s less than 48mill who can vote btw